70 FINCH. 



almost crested, of a beautiful glowing fiery red ; but in the Rosy 

 Finch the whole head and neck are of a red colour, and the feathers 

 of the crown not conspicuously elongated. 



28— TOOTY FINCH. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill rather stout, pale brown; 

 nostrils distinct, and covered with setaceous, reversed feathers, arising 

 at the base ; tongue entire, short, fleshy ; eyelids and irides brown ; 

 head reddish, with a brownish lore; upper parts of the neck and 

 back brown, with a mixture of reddish ; chin, throat, and breast, red ; 

 belly and vent white ; sides, thighs, and wing coverts, grey; rump 

 red; quills dusky, outer web margined with red; the wings reach 

 almost to the middle of the tail, which is forked, and marked as the 

 quills; legs brown. 



The female the same size. Eyelids olive; plumage above dusky, 

 borders of the feathers greenish ; chin and breast dusky, the feathers 

 edged with yellowish ; thighs and sides pale brown ; rump and upper 

 tail coverts olive ; greater wing coverts edged with greenish, and 

 those next the body have dirty yellow points ; the outer webs of the 

 quills margined with green ; under wing coverts dirty white, mixed 

 with yellow ; tail feathers margined with green. 



This is one of the birds called by the natives of Bengal, Tooty ; 

 but is not found about Calcutta. — The above account given by Dr. 

 Buchanan, who informs me, that he had the specimens from the 

 Sylhet, and that it is called Chuta Tooty. This, too, is well repre- 

 sented in various drawings of Indian birds of Sir J. Anstruther, 

 where it is named in one place (in the Persian) Tooty Suffaid, or 

 White Tooty ; in another Tooty Surk, or Red Tooty. — In Lord 

 Valentia's drawings called Tutie. It seems to correspond in many 

 things with the Rosy Species. 



